Stump-puller



J. S.'MULHOLEN. Stump-Puller.

Patented Mar. 2,1880.

WITNESSES V [NV "TUB ATTORNEYS U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. MULHOLEN, OF FOSTORIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STUMP-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,196, dated March 2, 1880.

Application filed August 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JOSEPH S. MULHoLEN, of Fostoria, in the county of Blair, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stump-Pullers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a stumppuller, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my stump-puller. Fig. 2 is a front view of the lower portion thereof.

A represents the frame-work of my stumppuller, which frame-work can be briefly described as consisting of two sills, each having an independent frame connected to it, and these two frames placed in inclined positions, so as to join each other at their upper ends, the two frames being then suitably braced together and joined at the top by cappieces.

In suitable bearings at the top of the framework thus constructed is a shaft, a, upon which is secured a circumferentially-grooved wheel, B, and a drum, 0. To the drum Gis attached the rope or chain 61, which is to be connected to the stump for pulling up the same, while to the wheel B is secured a rope'or chain, b, which is wound around the same and then connected to and wound around a drum, D, secured upon a shaft, h, near the bottom of the front of the frame-work. On this shaft are also secured two ratchet-wheels, E and F,

the former having a pawl, G, engaging with it, said pawl being pivoted to the frame-work. Between the ratchet-wheels and the drum is placed a loose wheel or pulley, H, having a pawl, I, pivoted to it for engagement with the ratchet-wheel F. To the wheel or pulley H is attached the pulling rope or chain 13, to which the team is to be connected. This rope or chain passes from under the wheel or pulley H and between two pulleys, m m, mounted on a platform, J, attached to the bottom of the frame-work, for keeping the rope or chain on aline with the wheel. When the team is started the wheel H is turned, which, by the pawl I engaging with the ratchet-wheel F, turns the shaft h, so that the drum D will also be turned, the pawl G and ratchet-wheel E preventing any backward movement. The revolution of the drum D causes the wheel B and drum 0 to revolve, and the rope or chain (1 will be Wound up and pull the stump with. it.

Having thus full described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a stump-puller of substantially the character herein shown, the combination, with-the shaft h, of the wheel H, the ratchet-wheels E and F, with their respective pawls G I, and the pulleys m m, mounted on the platform J, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH S. MULHOLEN. Witnesses:

ROBERT WARING, S. B. TEMPLETON. 

